Open Terminal hotkey?

[DMShropshire]

I know in ubuntu there is a hotkey to open a terminal using alt+t or something like that. Im using wheezy for the pi, is there any hotkey for terminal? How would I go about making one or editing the current?

Thanks!

[pluggy]

Ctrl-Alt-T opens a windowed terminal in Gnome/Unity in Ubuntu - it doesn't work in Wheezy on the Pi, however you can jump direct to a tty screen. It also works in Ubuntu as well.

Ctrl-Alt-F1 for tty1
Ctrl-Alt-F2 for tty2

Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to X

[DMShropshire]

Ahh perfect thanks! Is there any difference between terminal and tty?

[JeremyF]

Ahh perfect thanks! Is there any difference between terminal and tty?

tty is a separate instance and is a raw terminal, but generally Ctrl-Alt-T in Ubuntu opens a terminal emulator within the X server (the GUI, that is)

[TillM]

"sudo apt-get install xbindkeys" Then you can map any key to do what you want. There's also a graphical configuration tool for xbindkeys " sudo apt-get install xbindkeys-config"

Oh and you'll have to start this program with your session usually in .xinitrc or whatever startup file your desktop/window manager provides.

[M_Carey]

Oops, wrong password (sheepish grin)

[aristocrates]

I'm assuming you want to replicate what Ubuntu does when you press "Ctr-Alt-t", which is open a terminal in the GUI. To do this in the current version of Raspbian as of this writing, you will need to add a keyboard shortcut by editing the ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml file (note that some other guides for openbox shortcuts say you need to edit the ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml; for Raspbian it appears they renamed rc.xml to lxde-rc.xml)

To do this, open the file in a text editor of your choice. I like using nano, so from a terminal session type:

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nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

Then, add the following lines somewhere within the <keyboard> and </keyboard> tags:

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<!-- Launch terminal when ctr-alt-t is pressed -->
  <keybind key="C-A-t">
    <action name="Execute"><command>lxterminal</command></action>
  </keybind>

Note that the first line (the comment) is optional but aids the organization of the file. The first actual line, <keybind key="C-A-t"> stands for the command "Control-Alt-t" (as in the letter t), and the second line says to open the GUI terminal application, in this case lxterminal.

For anyone who is confused as to where to put these lines, I personally put it in as the last shortcut before the </keyboard> tag. So it should look something like this when you're done:

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<!-- Launch gnome-screenshot when Print is pressed -->
  <keybind key="Print">
    <action name="Execute"><command>gnome-screenshot</command></action>
  </keybind>
<!-- Launch terminal when ctr-alt-t is pressed -->
  <keybind key="C-A-t">
    <action name="Execute"><command>lxterminal</command></action>
  </keybind>
</keyboard>

If you want to read more about shortcuts in openbox, you can look here: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings (again, note that instead of rc.xml, you want lxde-rc.xml)

(sorry about posting to an old thread, but the proper way to do this is kind of buried in google's search results so I'm hoping it will be useful for anyone who wants to know how to set shortcuts and ends up on this forum)

[Cancelor]

Ctrl-Alt-T opens a windowed terminal in Gnome/Unity in Ubuntu - it doesn't work in Wheezy on the Pi, however you can jump direct to a tty screen. It also works in Ubuntu as well.

Ctrl-Alt-F1 for tty1
Ctrl-Alt-F2 for tty2

Ctrl-Alt-F7 to return to X

Wish I had read the last line before trying Ctrl-Alt-F1

[estc.jones]

I'm assuming you want to replicate what Ubuntu does when you press "Ctr-Alt-t", which is open a terminal in the GUI. To do this in the current version of Raspbian as of this writing, you will need to add a keyboard shortcut by editing the ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml file (note that some other guides for openbox shortcuts say you need to edit the ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml; for Raspbian it appears they renamed rc.xml to lxde-rc.xml)

To do this, open the file in a text editor of your choice. I like using nano, so from a terminal session type:

Code: Select all

nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

Then, add the following lines somewhere within the <keyboard> and </keyboard> tags:

Code: Select all

<!-- Launch terminal when ctr-alt-t is pressed -->
  <keybind key="C-A-t">
    <action name="Execute"><command>lxterminal</command></action>
  </keybind>

Note that the first line (the comment) is optional but aids the organization of the file. The first actual line, <keybind key="C-A-t"> stands for the command "Control-Alt-t" (as in the letter t), and the second line says to open the GUI terminal application, in this case lxterminal.

For anyone who is confused as to where to put these lines, I personally put it in as the last shortcut before the </keyboard> tag. So it should look something like this when you're done:

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<!-- Launch gnome-screenshot when Print is pressed -->
  <keybind key="Print">
    <action name="Execute"><command>gnome-screenshot</command></action>
  </keybind>
<!-- Launch terminal when ctr-alt-t is pressed -->
  <keybind key="C-A-t">
    <action name="Execute"><command>lxterminal</command></action>
  </keybind>
</keyboard>

If you want to read more about shortcuts in openbox, you can look here: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings (again, note that instead of rc.xml, you want lxde-rc.xml)

(sorry about posting to an old thread, but the proper way to do this is kind of buried in google's search results so I'm hoping it will be useful for anyone who wants to know how to set shortcuts and ends up on this forum)

This all depends on OS you're using I tried this using raspbian (NOOBS) on my pi 2 and it didn't work. I found the problem eventually after much trawling.
Substitute the line "lxterminal" for "x-terminal-emulator" worked for me

[Kyle Keane]

Thank you for posting this here, it worked like a charm using lxterminal on my rpi2 running raspian!

[ananda9470]

When I tried opening

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nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

it shows an empty file in while nothing is written. Any suggestions?

[AndyD]

When I tried opening

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nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

it shows an empty file in while nothing is written. Any suggestions?

With the changes to the user interface, the file you are looking for is now called lxde-pi-rc.xml. Try:

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nano ~/.config/openbox/lxde-pi-rc.xml

[cmullen]

Has anyone used this method to use and/or USB mouse or Powermate to control a headless rpi2?
Once properly configured in xbindkeys using the GUI would you have to start X on reboot for headless operation of the USB mouse issuing shell commands thru xbindkeys? Easy way to get a solderless shutdown button.